YAAKOV NAHMIAS, founder, SuperMeat: Cultured meat, locally-grown…
Cultured meat may be a novelty today, but it could be a food staple in the future, predicts Yaakov Nahmias, an acclaimed biomedical engineer and the founder of Israeli start-up SuperMeat, which claims to have developed a process enabling cells to grow more rapidly with fewer inputs than rivals, without using animal serum.
He also envisages a future whereby small businesses – and ultimately consumers - could produce small quantities of ‘meat’ locally in their own small bioreactors – using capsules containing ‘starter’ tissue produced by SuperMeat .
And unlike rivals in this embryonic field – who are focused on beef - SuperMeat is focused on cultured chicken (liver, minced, and breast meat), which could make its way into everything from chicken nuggets to strips, burgers and cutlets.
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